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Scathing report details botched e-health plans
By Vaughn Palmoer, Vancouver Sun (Excerpt)
February 18, 2010
The B.C. Liberal drive for electronic records-keeping in the health care system is behind schedule, over budget, poorly planned and still a long way from realizing any benefits to patients, according to auditor general John Doyle.
Doyle released a report Wednesday that chronicled a list of failings so comprehensive as to raise doubts about whether the Electronic Health Records project could be said to be “managed” in any proper sense whatsoever…
The report marks the second time in a week that the auditor general has been highly critical of electronic record keeping in the health care sector. Last Wednesday, he blasted the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority for inadequate security on the electronic records it maintains on some 600,000 patients receiving residential care and other services. (Read the report, and read the article in the Vancouver Sun.) The problems were so extensive Doyle held off releasing that report for six months, until the authority could address more than 100 recommendations for improving security and protecting patient privacy.
Read the three columns on this topic by Vaughn Palmer
By Vaughn Palmoer, Vancouver Sun (Excerpt)
February 18, 2010
The B.C. Liberal drive for electronic records-keeping in the health care system is behind schedule, over budget, poorly planned and still a long way from realizing any benefits to patients, according to auditor general John Doyle.
Doyle released a report Wednesday that chronicled a list of failings so comprehensive as to raise doubts about whether the Electronic Health Records project could be said to be “managed” in any proper sense whatsoever…
The report marks the second time in a week that the auditor general has been highly critical of electronic record keeping in the health care sector. Last Wednesday, he blasted the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority for inadequate security on the electronic records it maintains on some 600,000 patients receiving residential care and other services. (Read the report, and read the article in the Vancouver Sun.) The problems were so extensive Doyle held off releasing that report for six months, until the authority could address more than 100 recommendations for improving security and protecting patient privacy.
Read the three columns on this topic by Vaughn Palmer